Banana Bread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana bread is the best- how could it get any better?! If you turn it into cupcakes and top it with homemade cream cheese frosting! I'm obsessed with banana bread and I'm obsessed with all things cream cheese, so naturally I combined two great things to make one great dessert that is loved by all! These particular cupcakes are super moist, fluffy, rich and creamy!

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Banana Bread Cupcakes

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Ingredients

Cupcakes

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 over-ripe bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup salted butter, melted (I prefer salted butter- if you don't, you can use unsalted)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup Butter, room temperature (I use salted and omit adding salt)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Cupcake

1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line 12 muffin tins with liners.
2. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, mix bananas, white sugar, dark brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and egg together.
4. Stir banana (wet) mixture into flour mixture until JUST combined DO NOT over-mix! Spoon batter into muffin tins- I use a 1/4 cup to measure. Don’t fill it more than 3/4 full.
5. Bake for 18-20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean (ish), and then remove cupcakes from pan to cool. Be careful! Muffins will continue to cook after you remove them from the oven. I have made these before and cooked for 20 minutes and they ended up dry. I usually cook these for 18 minutes, and even when there is a little bit of batter on the toothpick, they finish cooking when out of the oven.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Combine butter and cream cheese in a large bowl and beat until there are no lumps.
2. Add vanilla and beat until combined.
3. Add one cup of powdered sugar and mix on low until fully combined, and then continue the process until all 4 cups are incorporated- scrape down the sides of bowl with spatula in between mixes
4. Use to frost completely cooled cupcakes!

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